Vaccinium myrtillus, fructus siccus

Dried fruits of the blueberry.

Quality specified in the European Pharmacopoeia.

HMPC monograph: Traditional-use: dried bilberries (Myrtilli fructus sicca) in diarrhea, fresh bilberries Vascular action: supportive in chronic venous insufficiency. Microcirculatory disorders in the eye. External: Mild inflammation of the oral mucosa, superficial skin wounds. Studies on the improvement of night vision by bilberry anthrocyanins are available.

ESCOP monograph: for non-specific, acute diarrheal diseases; externally for local therapy of mild inflammation of the oral and pharyngeal mucosa and superficial wounds. These areas of application are based on findings from many years of use on humans.

Commission E-Monography: non-specific, acute diarrheal diseases; local therapy of mild inflammation of the oral and pharyngeal mucosa.

Empirical medicine: diarrhea, vomiting, heaviness of the legs and varicosis, hemorrhoids.

Tannins, anthocyanosides, glycosides:delphinidin-3-O-arabinoside, delphinidin-3- O-galactoside.

can be used according to EMA

1. https://arzneipflanzenlexikon.info/heidelbeere.php
2. https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/herbal-monograph/final-european-union-herbal-monograph-vaccinium-myrtillus-l-fructus-siccus_en.pdf
3. https://www.awl.ch/heilpflanzen/vaccinium_myrtillus/heidelbeere.htm